Court Fee Schedule
For use as a guide for clients. For a print friendly version, click here.
| Probate of Wills & Copies | |
| Probate of Will between $101.00 & $199.00 | 50.00 |
| Probate of Will up to 2 pages | 100.00 |
| Probate of Will Codicil 1 page, 1 witness | 25.00 |
| Probate, extra pages of Wills for probate, each page | 5.00 |
| Commission, in other state or country – To Notary or Court | 35.00 |
| Commission in the State of NJ – To other Surrogate | 5.00 |
| Will, Exemplified for other states 2 pages + forms (to prepare) | 84.00 |
| Extra pages | 5.00 |
| Recording exemplified copy from other state (to file) | 5.00 |
| Letters of Trusteeship – Includes one acceptance & 1 certificate | |
| Trustee, 1 certificate | 50.00 |
| 1 trust, 2 trustees | 60.00 |
| 1 trust, 3 trustees | 70.00 |
| 2 trusts, 1 trustee | 100.00 |
| 2 trusts, 2 trustees, trustee for each trust | 105.00 |
| 2 trusts, 2 trustees, two trustees for each trust | 110.00 |
| 2 trusts, 3 trustees, 3 trustees for each trust | 140.00 |
| Administrations | |
| Administration $100.00 to $199.00 | 62.50 |
| Administration (over $200.00) | 125.00 |
| Administration Ad Prosequendum | 50.00 |
| Administration CTA, Will Annexed | 100.00 |
| Other documents, per page | 5.00 |
| Administration, Exemplifying | 75.00 |
| Guardianship of Minors | |
| Letters of Guardianship Minor, property less than $100 | 0.00 |
| Letters of Guardianship Minor, property less than $200 | 25.00 |
| Letters of Guardianship Minor, | 50.00 |
| Superior Court | |
| Filing complaint, Superior Court Action | 175.00 |
| Filing transcript of death certificate | 5.00 |
| Guardian Ad Litem | 25.00 |
| Incapacity Determination | 200.00 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Search fee, per estate | 10.00 |
| Service of process by Surrogate | 25.00 |
| Short Certificates | 5.00 |
| Short Certificates, validation within 1 year of issue (update) | 3.00 |
| Refunding bond & release up to 2 pages | 10.00 |
